How can we read an email from a specified pickup directory in c#?

[theGeek]

Hello all!

My problem is:

"How can we read an email from a specified pickup directory to which the mails were sent using SmtpClient.Send after setting the SmtpClient.Deli verymethod = Deliverymethod. SpecifiedPickup Directory"

This could be needed so that a service periodically checks if there are any emails in the pick up folder, if so send those to actucal recipients.

When the delivery method is specified as "SpecifiedPicku pDirectory", the mails are not actually sent out to recipients but saved to the pick up directory. How do we read the mails from there and then actually send them to the recipients?

[Frinavale]

Hello all!

My problem is:

"How can we read an email from a specified pickup directory to which the mails were sent using SmtpClient.Send after setting the SmtpClient.Deli verymethod = Deliverymethod. SpecifiedPickup Directory"

This could be needed so that a service periodically checks if there are any emails in the pick up folder, if so send those to actucal recipients.

When the delivery method is specified as "SpecifiedPicku pDirectory", the mails are not actually sent out to recipients but saved to the pick up directory. How do we read the mails from there and then actually send them to the recipients?

It sounds as if you have not attempted to solve this problem
The experts on this site are more than happy to help you with a specific problem but aren't going to solve the problem for you.

What have you tried so far to solve this problem?
Are you using Outlook?
Could this article help you at all?

[theGeek]

It sounds as if you have not attempted to solve this problem
The experts on this site are more than happy to help you with a specific problem but aren't going to solve the problem for you.

What have you tried so far to solve this problem?
Are you using Outlook?
Could this article help you at all?

HI Frinavale

First thanks for reading my query.

It seems quite illogical to say that I didn't try to solve the problem. Obviously if I faced the problem I must have also tried to solve it. The only thing is I couldn't really get the solution. I tried finding it out on google as well with searches like "reading emails from a specified pickup directory" but didn't get the desired.

Then I came to know about this forum over which the "more priviledged" in terms of knowledge usually help the less priviledged.

However, as I guess that cuz I didn't mention my efforts to get the solution in original post has perhaps led you to think that. And that simply cuz mentioning that I didn't get any fruitful results of my efforts was more or less useless to explain my problem.

Anyways, my problem is still the same - if I send a mail to "a specific pick up folder" and NOT TO IIS PICKUP FOLDER, how do I read the mail from there to send it actually in C#?

That would really be great if I could get help from the experts here:)

[Frinavale]

HI Frinavale

First thanks for reading my query.

It seems quite illogical to say that I didn't try to solve the problem. Obviously if I faced the problem I must have also tried to solve it. The only thing is I couldn't really get the solution. I tried finding it out on google as well with searches like "reading emails from a specified pickup directory" but didn't get the desired.

Then I came to know about this forum over which the "more priviledged" in terms of knowledge usually help the less priviledged.

However, as I guess that cuz I didn't mention my efforts to get the solution in original post has perhaps led you to think that. And that simply cuz mentioning that I didn't get any fruitful results of my efforts was more or less useless to explain my problem.

Anyways, my problem is still the same - if I send a mail to "a specific pick up folder" and NOT TO IIS PICKUP FOLDER, how do I read the mail from there to send it actually in C#?

That would really be great if I could get help from the experts here:)

I take it you aren't using Outlook..and that article didn't help.

Since these emails are saved in a file in the folder...have you tried to just manipulate these files directly?

[r035198x]

HI Frinavale

First thanks for reading my query.

It seems quite illogical to say that I didn't try to solve the problem. Obviously if I faced the problem I must have also tried to solve it. The only thing is I couldn't really get the solution. I tried finding it out on google as well with searches like "reading emails from a specified pickup directory" but didn't get the desired.

Then I came to know about this forum over which the "more priviledged" in terms of knowledge usually help the less priviledged.

However, as I guess that cuz I didn't mention my efforts to get the solution in original post has perhaps led you to think that. And that simply cuz mentioning that I didn't get any fruitful results of my efforts was more or less useless to explain my problem.

Anyways, my problem is still the same - if I send a mail to "a specific pick up folder" and NOT TO IIS PICKUP FOLDER, how do I read the mail from there to send it actually in C#?

That would really be great if I could get help from the experts here:)

That's a well written post for a geek (except for the "cuz" that you were putting in there).
Will CdoSendUsing help?

[theGeek]

That's a well written post for a geek (except for the "cuz" that you were putting in there).
Will CdoSendUsing help?

Thanks r035198x! :)

But that I already am using to send the mail to a specified custom pick up folder.

And problem is how to get that saved mail from that specified custom pickup folder and then send it to the recipients specified in the to, cc, bcc list of the mail.

[theGeek]

I take it you aren't using Outlook..and that article didn't help.

Since these emails are saved in a file in the folder...have you tried to just manipulate these files directly?

Hi Frinavale

Thanks for that article!

Though it didn't help me in solving my problem, it did let me know how could I read the mails from Outlook.

However, to make my problem clear, here is what I am doing and want to do:

 
 
pickupDirLocation = Server.MapPath(Request.ApplicationPath) + "/MyCustomPickupDirectory/"
 
System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient theSmtpClient = new 
System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient();
 
smtpClient.PickupDirectoryLocation = pickupDirLocation;
 
smtpClient.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.SpecifiedPickupDirectory;
 
smtpClient.Send(theMsg); 
//where theMsg is System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
 
 

The above code will save the message in "MyCustomPickup Directory" which is not a folder of outlook or any such mailing product.

I wish to do the above thing so that the mail gets saved in the folder and user can continue working on the page without delay. I can have a seperate sevice that reads the mail messages saved in the above folder and then send them to the to, cc & bcc lists as specified in the mail message itself.

My problem is, I am not getting a clue as to how can I read the mail message saved in "MyCustomPickup Directory" in the form of System.Net.Mail .MailMessage or any such object which lets me treat the message like a message instead of a plain stream file or something.

Interop.Outlook , as I know, can be used only to deal with messages & folders in Outlook(please correct if I am wrong). How do I deal with messages stored in any of such non-standard folders?

[vengadeshkannappan]

dear all,

I need to read mail from outlook.how i can read, path from the mail...anybody can reply me.

thanks & regards,
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